Chapter 749

The north is full of espionage and intrigue. The darkness is bloody and life and death. The south is also full of war. The focus of the competition between the two sides is naturally Xiangyang City.

Zhu Xieyuan's 100000 troops besieged it on three sides. He hoped to win Xiangyang quickly, but when he arrived at the bottom of Xiangyang City, he knew it was impossible.

Li Dingguo, who defends the city, is a young general, but he is very smart and knows everything. There is no opportunity at all.

Zhu Xieyuan also knows that when he attacks Xiangyang, he will save the enemy. In this way, the enemy's army will come to help within half a month. If they can't capture Xiangyang City before the enemy's army arrives, he will never have a chance to win here again.

Knowing that the situation was critical, Zhu Xieyuan launched an attack immediately after the army arrived. He first asked the archers to shoot arrows into the city desperately under the city. At the same time, he organized craftsmen to make stone catapults and siege equipment. They also had many cannons in their army. However, because they were moving forward light, these heavy baggage had not been transported and could not be used in time.

Zhu Xieyuan is a smart man. He also knows that time will not wait for him, and the other party will not wait for him. When he transports heavy weapons, it is estimated that the Chinese army is almost ready.

After annihilating the Qingzhou division, he got a lot of weapons and artillery, which gave him a certain understanding of the equipment of the Chinese army.

Zhu Xieyuan knew that once this army armed to the teeth attacked, he would have no way to deal with it.

So he ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack, regardless of casualties.

On the three sides of Xiangyang City near the land, there are broad city moats. They can't help but order the soldiers to rush towards the wall with wooden boards and small wooden boats.

They are not absolutely safe to rush now, but they are moving forward in the rain of bullets from the Chinese army. The garrison organized a group of gunmen behind the city wall. When they saw the enemy coming, they fired their guns outside. Although he knew that the enemy could not cross the moat, they still passed through the city wall, condescending and shot each other.

The Ming army asked the archers to fight back. There were casualties on both sides.

However, the city of Xiangyang City really suffered the Ming army. Not only Zhu Xieyuan was scolding his mother angrily, but also his subordinates were scolding his mother angrily. What they were angry about was that when the enemy attacked Xiangyang, it was like playing, like a joke.

With 18 people, Li Dingguo took Xiangyang City, which has spread all over the lake and land, making him a legendary figure.

What is more legendary is that Liu Bu is unyielding and uses talents. He directly appoints him as Shizheng and is responsible for the guard of Xiangyang City.

Li Dingguo did not fail to live up to the expectations of the public. He organized the city defense in an orderly and comprehensive manner.

At this time, the Ming army won the battle of Yiling and killed all the prisoners of the Chinese army. It was the first pole to build the capital, view and establish prestige, which was also spread all over the south.

Zhu Xieyuan was once again famous in the South and became an Optimus Prime figure. Originally, his fame was only in the southwest to eliminate the chaos of extravagance and security. In the eyes of the main officials in the Central Plains and Jiangnan, they did not take them seriously. After all, they encircled and suppressed a group of Southwest Barbarians who did not know a word, which was still different from the world's strong army in the Central Plains.

But this time he defeated the Qingzhou division of the Chinese army, which did something that millions of Ming troops did not do, which made him stand out, overwhelming Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou and others, and became the first general in the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was enlightened and gave Zhu Xieyuan great trust. This fierce man led hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege Xiangyang City, putting great pressure on the army and people in the city.

Because Zhu Xieyuan killed the prisoners, none of the Chinese soldiers in the city felt lucky to surrender. They either fought to the end or evacuated through the Han River. All the soldiers made up their mind to fight to the death with the Ming army and never surrender.

This is also reflected in the battle around Xiangyang City. The two sides fought fiercely on three walls. The Ming army suffered many casualties and could not get any advantage because the Chinese army fought to the death.

But they did not want peace talks with the Ming army at all. Even if they were defeated and could not win, they would kill themselves with a knife and would not fall into the hands of the enemy.

However, Zhu Xieyuan was criticized by some people. They believed that if some gentle measures were taken, many Chinese troops could win their surrender.

However, only Zhu Xieyuan, who has always been in the Ming Dynasty, can understand that only in this way can his Ming army become a mortal enemy with the Chinese army, and let his men have no way out. Don't flirt with the Chinese army.

Although this has offended the Chinese army to death, and the two sides do not stand on each other's side and never die, this is exactly what he thinks. This is called that no matter what he does, there will be a gain and a loss.

Zhu Xieyuan ordered the army to launch fierce attacks day and night. Although the casualties were not small, they did not make effective progress. They could not cut off each other's retreat or make effective attacks near the city wall.

For example, they want to set up a ladder at the foot of the city wall.

Although they rushed close to the city moat and threw a large number of small wooden boats into the moat, ready to fix these wooden boats and then set up a ladder from the boat to attack the wall, the defenders in the city didn't give them a chance at all. They dropped a lot of explosives and grenades and blew up these boats, leaving no place for the Ming army, There's no way to attack the wall.

Zhu Xieyuan knew that it was not a thing to fight like this, but he had no choice. There was no large siege equipment, so he couldn't help the big city, and it took time to transport these things.

Now is the time to fight with heaven. No one will give him time. They are not prepared enough, and the Chinese army is not prepared enough. If the other party is prepared enough, it is estimated that even if they are prepared enough, they will not have an advantage.

The generals under Zhu Xieyuan destroyed the Qingzhou division during the battle of Yiling. They all felt arrogant and thought that the Chinese army was nothing more than this. Even the most stable Qin Liangyu had such a mentality, not to mention others.

But Zhu Xieyuan was even more frightened. What he saw was the strong armaments of the other party. The other party was only one of the six main forces of the Chinese army, and it was estimated that it was not the strongest. This meant that the Ming army had to send the same forces under the same conditions to wipe out other main divisions of the Chinese army.

The biggest factor in the success of their raid was not their combat ability, but because it rained suddenly, which made the gunpowder and artillery of the Chinese Army fail, and their most powerful weapons lost their function. Suddenly, they were attacked by 100000 troops.

Zhu Xieyuan was thinking that it would be very difficult to create the same conditions, which means that it would be very difficult to completely annihilate a division of the Chinese army.

Other people have such fluke mentality, he won't have it. Unless he sits in Xiangyang City or Wuchang City, he won't be happy at all.

The Chinese army has completed its control over the south of the Yangtze River. It is in full swing in its strategy of Hu Guang, Hu Shi and Guang Guang. If he is allowed to control these places, only Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are left in the south. With these three remote places, he is unable to resist each other.

So he knew that it would not work, but he still launched a fierce attack regardless of casualties, which made his ministers very angry.

Among them, the most angry ones naturally belong to Lu Baqun and Dai Qianyuan. They had suffered very heavy losses. In addition, their men and horses had almost lost in this attack regardless of casualties.

In their words, they rely on these people to feed on horses and ask for money and food from them. There are no people and horses, and they want a hammer.

They knew that this was a conspiracy and that Zhu Xieyuan was trying to suppress and consume their strength, but they were helpless. Zhu Xieyuan was not a fool, but they didn't dare to confront Zhu Xieyuan.

Against Zhu Xieyuan, the end is very miserable. Despite his honest appearance, he is very insidious and treacherous. Many generals have suffered under him, so Lu Baqun dare not make trouble, but he can't help sighing.

Lu Baqun sighed, "according to this method of casualties, after a few days, our tens of thousands of brothers will be gone."

Dai Qianyuan said ruthlessly, "the bloody Zhu Xieyuan is using us as a knife envoy. Why didn't he let the son of a bitch attack? Why didn't he let the white pole soldiers fight? Isn't the white pole soldiers very able to fight? Just let them fight."

Lu Baqun and Dai Qianyuan are friends who wear a pair of trousers. Otherwise, they can't pee in a pot. At this time, they are both fallen people at the end of the world. It's reasonable to feel sorry for themselves.

Lu Baqun originally thought that the Chinese army was easy to deal with, but after being taught to be a man by Li Dingguo's cavalry, he became much more honest. He knew what it was called a man without a reputation. The other party could fight very well and was killed by the other party accidentally.

Moreover, Lu Baqun himself is a person who does all kinds of things. He likes to complain about the weather and people. The war is unfavorable, so he began to complain about this and that. He envies Guo Chun's navy and doesn't have to attack the city. Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers and Ma Xiangqi's cavalry don't have to move. Even his infantry suffered a lot.

The war was fought by them, and the people died by them, but there was no good result. The only thing was that the commander scolded him once a day. Zhu Xieyuan also gave death orders. If he couldn't take the city within ten days, he cut him into the people.

If the second person says so, he will never be afraid. There are tens of thousands of brothers here? Who do you need to be afraid of? But there are not many of his brothers, and Zhu Xieyuan, one of the most powerful figures in the south, said this. He dared not take it lightly. He could only sigh and say, "let the brothers wake up and take the land. On the day the city is broken, I promise not to seal the knife for three days and let you be happy."